Navajo Tacos

For Nates birthday my friend made him quite the birthday dinner!!
Navajo Tacos and cucumber lime aid. (my kitchen was packed away in boxes...boo) I wanted to make it for my family, and got the recipes from her. Its REALLY yummy.

How to pile a Navajo Taco...

First-- the Fry bread
add:
Refried Beans
Ground Turkey or Beef (cooked in taco seasonings)
cheese
olives
tomatoes
pico or salsa
avacado / guac
sour cream
lettuce etc

Navajo Fry Bread

Ingredients

1T yeast

1/2 Cup warm water

1 tsp sugar

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1.5 tsp salt

1 eggs

2 cups warm water

yeast,water and sugar mixture

5-6 cups flour

Instructions

Let yeast, 1/2 cup warm water, and 1 tsp sugar stand 5 minutes in a separate bowl.

Cream together shortening, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt.

Then add eggs, 2 cups warm water, and the yeast-water-sugar mixture and continue creaming.

Add 2.5 cups flour, cover, let rise for 1/2 hour

Stir in 3+ cups of flour and let rise in fridge for a few hours.

Roll into small balls and flatten thin and fry in heated oil.

Depending on size of pan you can fry 2-3 at a time and it only takes a few minutes on each side. watch carefully.

recipe by SuperhotSteph

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